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Originally Posted by Diego Birmingham

Running an internet connected computer without an antivirus is like going after a Juggernaught in a light sloop. 1 million points for spunk but zero for smarts. AVG anitivrus is an excellent program and even better, it's free. Get it at www.grisoft.com

As with all things, it depends.

I don't run any sort of anti-virus or firewall on my Windows PC.

I -do- have a nice hardware router that blocks all incoming connection attempts.

I -don't- use Internet Explorer as my browser. I use Firefox.

I -don't- use Outlook for my email. I use Thunderbird.

I -don't- click on any random attachements that come up in my email. And even if I did, I use Thunderbird. It won't execute attachments.

And I've never gotten infected with anything.